The Latin Side of Jazz is a curated weekly playlist that showcases selected tracks from the best Latin jazz, Cuban, Brasilian, Ibero-American and Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin jazz...
Not long ago, I was interviewing two important contributors to the world of American music and letters – Eddie Palmieri and the other was Joe Conzo...
Jerry Gonzalez’s Fort Apache Band was probably one of the last, most iconic ensembles to come out of New York, via the ether of Puerto Rico....
It has been authoritatively stated that Chico O’Farrill was one of the most important composers and big band arrangers and conductors in the idioms of jazz...
When Jerry González puts a mute onto his trumpet, the volume of his horn may be turned down a tad, but the tongues of fire that...
That Satie heard and was might have taken a fancy to early jazz makes a moot point. However that he has fascinated musicians from the Blood,...
Few records in 2009 are going to have such an impact on the world of music as the Afrodisian Orchestra’s Mediterraciones. This is because there are...